Evaluation of the piezoelectric behaviour produced by a thick-film transducer using digital speckle pattern interferometry

This paper presents an interferometric measurement of the out-of-plane deflections produced by a piezoelectric transducer, manufactured by thick-film deposition of a ceramic paste over an alumina substrate, when is subjected to a DC electric voltage. It is shown that a digital speckle pattern interferometer with an incorporated phase-shifting facility allows the measurement of nanometer displacements generated by the piezoelectric device. These measurements are used to evaluate the effective piezoelectric charge constant along the polarization direction (d₃₃)_eff that characterizes the thick-film transducer.     

基于自相关函数的激光散斑统计半径的测量

为了测量激光散斑的统计半径,运用统计光学理论推导了二维近场散斑光强的归一化自相关函数,并提出了通过求解散斑图像自相关拟合函数的系数来计算激光散斑统计半径的一种测量方法,利用该测量方法编制的测量软件可以方便地计算出激光散斑的统计半径.通过对尺寸已知的模拟散斑的测量,测量结果与实际尺寸相吻合,证实了该测量方法的可行性.     

Improvement on peak-to-trough ratio of sampled fiber Bragg gratings with multiple phase shifts

Via a cascaded structure, the peak-to-trough ratio is considerably improved for sampled fiber Bragg gratings （SFBGs） based on multiple-phase-shift （MPS） technique. This cascaded filter is composed of two identical SFBGs which are inserted with the increasing or decreasing arrangement of phase shifts. With this inverse arrangement of MPS in grating design, the phase fluctuation of individual SFBG can be compensated, and as a result an excellent phase matching condition is realized. In this way, the peak-to- trough ratio in reflection spectra is improved from 6 to 12 dB when multiplication factor m = 4, and from 5dBto 10dBwhenm=8.     

Analysis of a separate 1319 and 1338 nm Nd:YAG laser with a blazing grating

We develop a separate 1319 and 1338 nm Nd:YAG laser system with a blazing grating (600 lines/mm). The resonator of this system has a Littrow grating configuration and a highly reflective mirror, in which the zero-order diffraction of the grating acts as the laser output. By virtue of the wavelength-dependent reflectivity of the grating, a single-wavelength laser at 1319 nm or 1338 nm can be realized. In view of the laser rate equations and using the distribution of the blazing grating, we analyze the oscillation conditions providing single-wavelength laser operation in the system.     

1.55-μm non-anti-reflection-coated fiber grating laser for single-longitudinal mode operation

A 1.55-m fiber grating laser (FGL) was fabricated by optically packaging a non-anti-reflection (AR) coated Fabry–Perot (FP) laser to a lensed fiber grating. The FGL demonstrates a single-longitudinal mode operation with a side-mode suppression ratio (SMSR) of up to 40 dB. The SMSR oscillates and diminishes to <30 dB as the increase of injection current above 38 mA, and the tilt of the fiber approaches 5° away from the facet normal of the FP laser. We have performed numerical simulations on the single-longitudinal mode operation for the FGL. The SMSR for the FGL increases over 40 dB as the increase of the fiber grating reflectivity (R _g) above 0.7 with non-AR-coated FP laser facet. Our calculations also show that the strong current-dependent SMSR oscillation is from the mode selection by the fiber grating external cavity and the heating effect in the FP laser.     

New approach to solution of photorefractive transport equations

In our work we propose a novel method of analysis of photorefractive transport equations. The method based on a perturbative approach can be used in the case of two wave mixing and four wave mixing geometry, i.e. for the samples illuminated by interference patterns. Presented approach can be employed for a broad range of material and experimental parameters, particularly for arbitrary depth of light modulation pattern. The approximate analytical solution is compared with results of numerical calculations and a good agreement practically in every case was found. Presented at 9-th International Workshop on Nonlinear Optics Applications, NOA 2007, May 17–20, 2007, Šwinoujście, Poland     

曝光系统离焦对平面全息光栅衍射波前的影响

波前像差是衍射光栅的重要技术指标，它直接影响光栅的分辨率。由光致刻蚀剂记录两束相干光干涉条纹是制作全息光栅的关键步骤。为了提高全息光栅曝光系统调整精度、减小离焦、降低光栅的衍射波前像差，从离焦对反射球面准直镜的准直光平行度的影响程度出发，分析了准直光平行度对全息光栅衍射波前像差的影响。理论分析和数值模拟结果表明，准直镜调整误差直接决定全息光栅衍射波前像差大小。以3种不同刻线密度光栅为例，得出了准直镜调整误差的允许变化范围。     

孔径旋转频闪散斑照相法测量物体的固有频率

提出了一种测量物体固有频率的新方法－－孔径旋转频闪散斑照相法。该方法能方便地测量振动物体的固有频率，具有精度高、全场显示、条纹可见度好等优点，给出了理论分析和实验结果。     

Novel quantitative non-destructive testing method for composite structures

A novel QNDT (quantitative non-destructive testing) method is developed that is combined with a phase-shifting shearing speckle and thermograph, and, it aims at the detection of faults such as cracks, voids, delamination and weak areas. The technique is immune to ambient noise and is suitable for measuring the in situ environment. Some different depth defects that would produce deformation differing from other positions could be found with shearing speckle when the sample is loaded, however, a thermograph based on the thermal resistance effect of a defect can detect only those varisized defects embedded deeply in the composite structure by measuring the surface temperature distribution. The resolution is examined for artificial delaminated defects in carbon-fiber composite structures using a phase-shifting shearing speckle and thermograph. The experimental results have demonstrated that the technique is effective for revealing defects in composite structures.     

窄带光纤光栅的写入

改进相位掩模法写入光栅的装置,提高其机械稳定性和温度稳定性,不仅提高了光纤光栅的反射率,而且降低了带宽,特别是能在国产的光敏光纤上写出了大于99%反射率和小于02nm带宽的高质量的光纤光栅.这种光栅特别适用于光纤光栅传感方面的应用。